Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Cape Coral fell 0.1 percentage points in December 2014 to 5.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Cape Coral peaked in January 2010 at 13.1% and is now 7.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Cape Coral unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate

December 2014

Month/Month

Year/Year

National

5.6%

-0.2

-1.1

Florida

5.6%

-0.2

-0.7

Cape Coral

5.6%

-0.1

-0.5

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with December 2014 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

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